• Albertans facing charges for breaking pandemic-related laws will likely see their charges dropped. A court decision ruled that the Province's health orders were invalid because politicians made the final decision on health restrictions instead of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, a breach of the Public Health Act. As a result, the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service said that "there is no longer a reasonable likelihood of conviction”.
• More than a dozen companies will receive a piece of the Province’s $5.5 million Aviation Skills Grant funding. The grant, designed to bolster Alberta’s aviation industry, accepted its first intake of applicants this past spring, and recipients will receive up to $30,000 per job trainee to help offset costs for new or vacant positions. Among the companies to receive funding are Sky Wings Aviation Academy in Red Deer, the Calgary Flying Club, and West Wind Airspray in Lethbridge.
• The Province will also fund 19 partners through Alberta Innovates Ecosystem Development Partnerships Program, enabling those partners to provide skills, resources, mentoring, and supports to innovators and entrepreneurs in the tech sector. An investment of $13.6 million will be made, and partners will have up to 36 months to implement their projects. Among the projects being funded are a hub for neuroengineering solutions at the University of Lethbridge and an Alternative Construction Technologies Hub at SAIT. The government really should just cut taxes instead. of handing out subsidies.

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